IE using too much memory - 5 steps followed, logs pasted

My computer is running very slow, all the usual suspects have been cleaned out but am still having trouble with very slow internet. I installed AVG and I get a pop up stating that my IE is using about 250 - 280 MB. This happens every time I am online. This isn't the worst problem, just very frustrating. Thank you for any help. I will paste the logs below.

I am so sorry! Looks like your thread got missed. If you still need help:

You should sort this out:
AV: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2012
FW: Norton Internet Worm Protection
FW: ZoneAlarm Firewall
You should have one antivirus, one firewall and two or more antimalware programs. This shows 2 firewalls> as far as I know, the Norton Worm Protection is a part of one of the Norton Suites. If you formerly used Norton and now prefer AVG and Zone Alarm, you should remove Norton:

Norton Removal Tool
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I'd like you to run Combofix. It will not run with AVG on the system, so that will need to be removed temporarily:
Download AppRemover and save to the desktop

Temporary AV: Use one:Avira-AntiVir-Personal-Free-AntivirusAvast Free Version
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Please note: If you have previously run Combofix and it's still on the system, please uninstall it. Then download the current version and do the scan: Uninstall directions, if needed

Click START> then RUN

Now type Combofix /Uninstall in the runbox and click OK. Note the space between the X and the U, it needs to be there.

--------------------------------------Download Combofix from HERE or HERE and save to the desktop

Double click combofix.exe & follow the prompts.

ComboFix will check to see if the Microsoft Windows Recovery Console is installed. It is recommended to have this pre-installed on your machine before doing any malware removal. It will allow you to boot up into a special recovery/repair mode if needed.**Please note: If the Microsoft Windows Recovery Console is already installed, ComboFix will continue it's malware removal procedures.

Follow the prompts to allow ComboFix to download and install the Microsoft Windows Recovery Console, and when prompted, agree to the End-User License Agreement to install the Microsoft Windows Recovery Console.

Once installed, you should see a blue screen prompt that says:The Recovery Console was successfully installed.

.Click on Yes, to continue scanning for malware

.If Combofix asks you to update the program, allow

.Close/disable all anti virus and anti malware programs so they do not interfere with the running of ComboFix.

.Close any open browsers.

.Double click combofix.exe & follow the prompts to run.

When the scan completes , a report will be generated-it will open a text window. Please paste the C:\ComboFix.txt in next reply..

Re-enable your Antivirus software.

Note 1:Do not mouse-click Combofix's window while it is running. That may cause it to stall.Note 2: ComboFix may reset a number of Internet Explorer's settings, including making I-E the default browser.Note 3: Combofix prevents autorun of ALL CD, floppy and USB devices to assist with malware removal & increase security. If this is an issue or makes it difficult for you -- please tell your helper.Note 4: CF disconnects your machine from the internet. The connection is automatically restored before CF completes its run. If CF runs into difficulty and terminates prematurely, the connection can be manually restored by restarting your machine.Note 5: If you receive an error "Illegal operation attempted on a registry key that has been marked for deletion", restart computer to fix the issue.
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Then run this online virus scan:

Hold down Control and click on the following link to open ESET OnlineScan in a new window.ESETOnlineScan

For alternate browsers only: (Microsoft Internet Explorer users can skip these steps)
[o] Click on Posted Image to download the ESET Smart Installer. Save it to your desktop.
[o] Double click on the on your desktop.

Check 'Yes I accept terms of use.'

Click Start button

Accept any security warnings from your browser.

Uncheck 'Remove found threats'

Check 'Scan archives/

Leave remaining settings as is.

Press the Start button.

ESET will then download updates for itself, install itself, and begin scanning your computer. Please wait for the scan to finish.

When the scan completes, press List of found threats

Push Export of text file and save the file to your desktop using a unique name, such as ESETScan. Paste this log in your next reply.

Push the Back button

Push Finish

NOTE: If no malware is found then no log will be produced. Let me know if this is the case.
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Please leave logs in yur next reply:
============================================My Guidelines: please read and follow:

Be patient. Malware cleaning takes time and I am also working with other members while I am helping you.

Read my instructions carefully. If you don't understand or have a problem, ask me.

If you have questions, or if a program doesn't work, stop and tell me about it. Don't try to get around it yourself.

Follow the order of the tasks I give you. Order is crucial in cleaning process.

File sharing programs should be uninstalled or disabled during the cleaning process..

Observe these:
[o] Don't use any other cleaning programs or scans while I'm helping you.
[o] Don't use a Registry cleaner or make any changes in the Registry.
[o] Don't download and install new programs- except those I give you.

Please let me know if there is any change in the system.

If I don't get a reply from you in 5 days, the thread will be closed. If your problem persist, you can send a PM to reopen it.
=====================================Please tell me how much RAM is installed,

The link I left for Eset takes you to this page: http://go.eset.com/us/online-scanner. If you click on the Free Online Scanner on the left and are using Internet Explorer, it should load without problem. If you are using a different browser, after you click the link, a screen will come up for you to load the Smart Installer. Once done, the scan should run.

Holding down the Ctrl key while clicking on the link does the same thing.

This online scan is free. The Eset Nod32 AV is not free- there may be a trial period, but following that, a license.purchase is required.
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But there are no new, active entries in the log. Qoobox is where Combofix send quarantined files and System Volume is where Restore Points are kept. (we will remove old restore points and create new clean one when finished.)
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You have of tasks set in the Task Scheduler. You also have a large number of auto-updates running. Each of these will contact the internet regularly, sometime multiple times every day through the browser. So I would suggest you stop the tasks and the updates as follows:
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Visit this Adobe Reader site often and make sure you have the most current update. Uninstall any earlier updates as they are vulnerabilities.

Scheduled Tasks
Most of these found are usually auto-updates scheduled for programs that do not need them. They will make numerous internet connections every day, looking for updates that you can find manually. You want to keep these connection attempts as few as possible and then only if needed for the system. The only[/b[ auto-update I get is for the AV program.Opening scheduled tasks to modify or delete them:
Access Scheduled Tasks with Click on Start> All Programs> Accessories> System Tools> Scheduled Tasks.
To change the settings for a task: right-click the Task> click Properties> do any of the following:

To change the schedule for the task, click the Schedule tab.

To customize the settings for the task, such as the maximum run time, idle time requirements, and power management options, click the Settings tab.

To prevent a task from running until you want to let it run again> right-click the task> Properties> On the General tab> clear the Enabled check box. Select the check box again to enable the task when you are ready to let the task scheduler run it again.

There are also 4 tasks for Google updates. How often does a toolbar update? This one is tricky- it can be stopped, but unless all the auto-entries are removed, it will put itself back.
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These processes are running: Some are auto-updates, others are processes that started on boot then continued to run in the background: None need to start on boot.

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"MemoryTriUtils"="c:\windows\diskperfm.exe>> System optimizers such as this are executable files that start on boot, run in the background. If you do some research, you will find that most use more resources than they are worth.
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Next time you get the popup that you are using too much memory:
Right click on Taskbar> Task Manager Processes tab> Double click on top frame of the memory column:
Give me the image names of the top 6 processes in the memory column.
Look on the lower left and see how many processes are running.

[1]. Close any open browsers.
[2]. Close/disable all anti virus and anti malware programs so they do not interfere with the running of ComboFix.
[3]. Open notepad> click on Format> Uncheck 'Word Wrap'> and copy/paste the text in the code below into it:Be sure to scroll down to include ALL lines.

When finished, it will produce a log for you at C:\ComboFix.txt . Please paste in your next reply.
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I recommend taking both of these domains out of the Trusted Zone. Nothing needs to be in that zone. The security is lower than in the Internet Zone and therefore a risk to the system:

The irony of putting any domains in the Trusted Zone is that it accomplishes nothing for the user- but it allows the zones to bypass the higher security of the internet and send promotional and even spam.
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Note: When you uninstall a program, you should use Windows Explorer to access My Computer> Double click on Local Drive(C)> Programs> right click> Delete the program folder>>

I tried to download ESET using google chrome browser. IE 8 didn't seem to be working properly after several attempts, ESET would not run. It would make it to the "initialization" part of downloading virus signature database, but then would stop and an error would emerge stating "Unexpected error2002". Now the same thing happens with Google chrome so I assume it is not a browser issue.

So I cannot run the ESET scan. I have tried over 20 times to run this and for whatever reason, it will not run. I have no idea what the problem is with ESET. I am sorry for this. I know it must be an important step to the troubleshooting problem.

I deleted all of the tasks that you requested I delete.

I removed the startup programs from the startup tray that you said were not needed.

I deleted all of the google taskbar updates.

I installed Avast and ran a virus scan which returned no threat results. I uninstalled avast. I will need to reinstall AVG before I will get a popup window stating that IE is using too much Memory. I will send that next.

Now the problems I have now are:

Slow connections (sometimes, not always)

Hiccups, or stopping of information if I use facebook. (lockup of computer function)

All of the problems are when I use the internet. I haven't experienced any trouble offline whatsoever.

Paretologic is not in view in the programs folder. When I did a search for paretologic it does come up in the search. When I attempt to delete it, a new window pops up and states "cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk". This was done "before" I ran the last combofix scan and CFScript log.

Videos stop loading at a point, downloads stop downloading at a point, Facebook stops allowing messages at a point. it is like any internet activity will lock up often and then I have to close the page and reopen it to get it to function correctly. The after a while, it will lock up again, if it loads in the beginning.

Also after boot up, the internet is connected but it takes a long time for any internet pages to load. It just says unable to connect.

I repeatedly attempted to load ESET and after about 10 tries, it is now scanning.

Possible important information: I checked in task manager to see why the scan was occurring so slow. No other processes were taking any CPU and the scan was using approximately 98% of CPU usage according to the task manager window. Yet the scan was excruciatingly slow.

There were many notes of programs using memory but no appreciable CPU usage. I thought this quite odd.

Ok. The ESET scan just completed after 3 hours. No infected files were found. So I have no log to paste here.

I eventually was reading about an AVG product called AVG PC tuneup. This was a free one time scan. It found approx. 1500 issues and I selected to fix these issues.

I have had no problems at all since then. downloads are working, videos are loading fine. Startup is quick and no websites or applications seem to be locking up.

I put antivirus and firewall back on and still no issues.

I am not 100% sure this problem is fixed or why but I wanted to give an update and possibly you could explain to me what the problem may have been. I know nothing about registry files and errors, but I suspect this could have been the problem?

If I have any other issues I will post here as soon as I can. If this did fix the problem, I very much appreciate your help. I know that if the problem would have persisted that you would have eventually helped me to find and eliminate the problem.

Since you have run your own scan and removed processes, this will invalidate the results from previous logs. Since it appears that the problems have been resolved, you can remove the cleaning tools and I will close the thread:

Removing all of the tools we used and the files and folders they created

Uninstall ComboFix and all Backups of the files it deleted

Click START> then RUN

Now type Combofix /Uninstall in the runbox and click OK. Note the space between the X and the U, it needs to be there.

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Note: If you receive a warning from your firewall or other security programs regarding OTC attempting to contact the internet, please allow it to do so.

Note: If any tool, file or folder (belonging to the program we have used) hasn't been deleted, please delete it manually.
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You should now set a new Restore Point and remove the old restore points to prevent infection from any previous Restore Points.

Go to Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools

Click "System Restore".

Choose "Create a Restore Point" on the first screen then click "Next".

Give the Restore Point a name> click "Create".

Go back and follow the path to > System Tools.
[*]Choose Disc Cleanup
[*]Click "OK" to select the partition or drive you want.
[*]Click the "More Options" Tab.
[*]Click "Clean Up" in the System Restore section to remove all previous Restore Points except the newly created one.